About Ernie Reed

Ernie Reed is publisher of Lehigh Valley Happening and owner of Lehigh Valley Advertising LLC, a local advertising agency specializing in helping small to medium sized businesses realize their marketing and branding goals. Ernie has degrees in journalism and marketing. For comments and suggestions email Ernie@LehighHappening.com

Volunteer Round-Up Week of October 25

THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION, Allentown will hold its Annual “Thanks for Giving” food drive to stock the mission’s pantry. We are looking for volunteer groups of 8-10 fun people to request donations from patrons at area food stores. All necessary materials and shirts for all volunteers will be [...]

Oktoberfest at SteelStacks Announces 2015 Scarecrow Competition Winners

Oktoberfest presented by Yuengling announced the winners of its third-annual scarecrow competition. This year’s competition featured winners in four categories: Contemporary Scarecrow, Traditional Scarecrow, Kids/Family Scarecrow and the new Rockin’ Scarecrow category. Winners were selected based on public voting during the festival. Contemporary Scarecrow: 1st Place: recyCROW ($150 first prize) - Marie and Pete Brown, [...]

Haunted Walking Tours This Weekend in Easton

Come if you dare to Centre Square. Haunted House meets Ghost Tour! Join our guides and ghouls for hysterics and history in the labyrinth streets of Easton; reaping centuries of fact and fiction on this wicked weekend. For over 200 years, Easton, Pennsylvania has been the home of many fine businesses, institutions and people. Lafayette [...]

Bethlehem’s Christmas 2015 Tours and Programming Announced

New exhibitions to highlight ‘100 Years of Gift Giving’ traditions, German doll making and dollhouse treasures Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites has announced a robust slate of Christmas tours and programming for the 2015 Christmas season. Beginning Nov. 16 and running through Jan. 10, 2016, visitors can go behind the doors of Bethlehem’s museums and [...]

Williams Township to Honor Veterans on November 11 at 11 am

Williams Township veterans will be honored at a service on Wednesday, November 11, 11 am, at the Veterans Memorial on the Williams Township Municipal campus, 655 Cider Press Rd., Easton.  The public is welcome. Jeff Carstens, Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church and St. Luke’s (Old Williams) Lutheran Church and a veteran, will offer thoughts [...]

LEHIGH VALLEY MALL TO HOST FAMILY-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN EVENTS

Looking for a spooktacular time this Halloween? Stop by Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall this Saturday, October 24th for frightfully fun Halloween events! Activities range from mall-wide trick-or-treating to the annual Kidgits Boo Bash, this year, in partnership with 100.7 WLEV. Kids can look forward to a variety of festive crafts, photo opportunities, giveaways and [...]

Philadelphia Union To Announce USL Logo, Colors and Name

Fans invited to celebrate historic day at SteelStacks in Lehigh Valley The Philadelphia Union will unveil the name, logo, colors and season ticket information for the 2016 USL expansion team at a historic launch event on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 11 a.m. The event, which is set to take place in the Blast Furnace Room [...]

Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance Stages a Razzle-Dazzle ‘Chicago’

Kander and Ebb classic, onstage Oct. 30 – Nov. 8, features costumes and scenery immersed in the 1920s, Fosse-inspired choreography, and ‘one of the best casts I’ve directed,’ says director Charles Richter The razzle-dazzle vaudeville-style musical “Chicago,” about two fame-obsessed murderesses in 1920s Chicago, will be presented for the first time on the Muhlenberg College [...]

Volunteer Round-Up Week of October 18

THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY CAMELOT FOR CHILDREN, INC., Allentown – The holidays will be here before you know it! Consider helping to wrap gifts with your friends and family at the Lehigh Valley Mall Gift Wrap Booth or the Outlets at the Sands. Shifts are about 4 hours daily. Proceeds benefit [...]

1st ANNUAL CANSTRUCTION COMPETITION

LEHIGH VALLEY MALL IS SCARING HUNGER AWAY THIS HALLOWEEN Event to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank Join Lehigh Valley Mall, 250 Lehigh Valley Mall, Whitehall PA and Canstruction of the Greater Lehigh Valley for their inaugural event to help benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank. Watch as teams of engineers, designers, manufacturers and contractors come together [...]